Replace Ignition Coil 1998 v70 non turbo

[scot850]

As others have found, if you don't run the car long enough. especially with cold weather, the battery may drain faster than is charges. As abscate found, you may need a trickle charger.

Neil.

[MrAl]

As others have found, if you don't run the car long enough. especially with cold weather, the battery may drain faster than is charges. As abscate found, you may need a trickle charger.

Neil.

Hi,

Yeah i guess i will eventually have to do something like that. Real problem is i cant run a cord out to the car so it would have to be solar, which means it has to be big enough and also have to clean the snow off of it or the window it is placed behind.
These battery problems are a pain. Just getting the car going again and now the dang battery is getting bad already, or whatever is going on.

[abscate]

The park on street solution is buying a second battery and using quick connects on the terminals and swapping them out, charging them inside. My neighbor used to give me her car once on a weekend and I would use it for grocery shopping and then give it a hot run to boil the water off. Use your community, not technology!

[MrAl]

The park on street solution is buying a second battery and using quick connects on the terminals and swapping them out, charging them inside. My neighbor used to give me her car once on a weekend and I would use it for grocery shopping and then give it a hot run to boil the water off. Use your community, not technology!

Hi,

I do have a brandy new battery too, but these big azz batteries are really heavy and i have to go up and down two flights of stairs to swap batteries ha ha.

You're right though when i charge them inside they work really good. I'll have to think about it. probably have to do it once a month, maybe can get away with once every two months not sure yet.

I also have to keep the OBDII monitors happy while swapping though. Need a good way to do that.

[abscate]

You need to rig a way to keep 12v on the ECU or just be careful one month before insoection

[WhatAmIDoing]

You can buy OBDII power adapters that you plug in to keep the ECU powered while swapping batteries. Dealers use to use them all the time so you wouldn't lose your precious stereo settings. If you are really careful, you can clip a jump pack onto the crimped part of the leads while you swap out the battery.

[MrAl]

You need to rig a way to keep 12v on the ECU or just be careful one month before insoection

With this car it would have to be one year before inspection. It's the worst of all.

Now that i have my battery telemetry working again i can keep a close eye on the battery voltage too so that may help.
I think with this car and battery i have to run the engine much longer than usual to get the battery back up to speed. I noticed that the drive i took yesterday charged it better than just sitting in the driveway for 5 to 10 minutes with the engine rev'd slightly. But since it may be hard for me to go out every day, i may have to look into that solar solution again. I think i'll check that out again and if it works i wont have to carry a battery up and down the stairs ha ha. The old Hyundai had a much smaller battery. This one is one of the biggest you can get for a car i think. Might be good exercise though, but i fear i would eventually loose the OBDII monitor readiness again.

[MrAl]

You can buy OBDII power adapters that you plug in to keep the ECU powered while swapping batteries. Dealers use to use them all the time so you wouldn't lose your precious stereo settings. If you are really careful, you can clip a jump pack onto the crimped part of the leads while you swap out the battery.

Oh yes ok i guess i could look into that.